Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths Season 1 Episode 5 - Episode 5

Airdate: 2026-Jan-10

Episode summary:

The story of Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson's relationship, and a look at the radical choices of Princess Anne, who was the first royal to give birth in hospital and to choose that her children should have no title. There is also the grisly history of Catherine of Valois's corspe, left exposed in her tomb in Westminster Abbey for more than 100 years, and how Henry VIII sent his court painter Hans Holbein around Europe to paint likely brides so that he could choose who his fourth wife would be.

About Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths series:

Stunning series telling the story of 1000 years of monarchy via powerful, pivotal moments.